His stories have inspired countless plays, ballets, and movies. Many of his stories are featured in our collection of Favorite Fairy Tales. His tales transcend age barriers, national and cultural boundaries and have been translated into more than 125 languages. Although he wrote a broad range of work, including plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, it was his fairy tales that became culturally iconic in the Western world. Hans Christian Andersen, born in Denmark in 1805, practically invented the writing of eventyrs the adventure fairy tale, or fantastic tale.
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